The Ruhl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,462 people carried this name — #7,468 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 4,541 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,200 people named Ruhl live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Ruhl.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Ruhl live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ruhl in American newspapers,
1901–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,527 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ruhl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Christian Ruhl 1764–1842 · architect -
Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl 1794–1887 · writer -
Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871 · architect -
Gustave Ruhl 1856–1929 · lawyer -
Christophe Rhaban Ruhl 1802–1875 · art collector
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Edgar M. Ruhl 1841–1864
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ruhl.
- Ruga 194 · U.S. census
- Rugani 245 · U.S. census
- Ruggeri 1,942 · U.S. census
- Ruggieri 2,174 · U.S. census
- Ruggiero 9,263 · U.S. census
- Ruh 1,047 · U.S. census
- Ruhland 1,593 · U.S. census
- Rui 278 · U.S. census
- Ruis 1,662 · U.S. census
- Ruiz 238,234 · U.S. census
- Rull 321 · U.S. census
- Rullan 493 · U.S. census
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